Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” bloke is reportedly leaving the software maker.
According to an email, seen by SeattlePI.com, Sean Siler has quit the company for personal reasons, after five years of service.
“I have a lot of memories from my time at Microsoft, but the ‘I'm a PC’ commercial is the highlight. I really feel proud that I …

Excellent!

Now if Microsoft would also retire the corresponding ad with Charline, the French-speaking chick pestering our TV screens here in the French-speaking part of Canada then I would gladly go out and buy Windows 7. Heck, it's one of the lamest advertising spots being displayed, leaving no doubt that Microsoft has no talent at all at advertising.

Those of you with a strong stomach can go watch it here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vmhs1lqyDI

It is so bad that even if you don't understand French at all, you can feel your belly aching.

well...

Microsoft were actually responding to Apple's little comedy adverts. Remember the ones? The adverts where they were uable to advertise their products without mentioning Microsoft. Oh and also they are so brilliant they went Intel and bent over backwards so we can install Windows on their 'magical' computers.

Really?

Laptops have their place, but considering gaming is one of the major aspects of PC's and one in which 90% of laptops don't cut it I'd say there is a lot of life left in the desktop yet. I have five desktops and one laptop in my house, and the laptop is barely used other than as a backup or when on the move. My phone even sees more internet time than the laptop. They have their uses but they are not and will not be a replacement for a hell of a long time to come... if ever.

Bootcamp is a great FUDbuster

Giving Macs the ability to run Windows is a great idea. Without this, the MS FUD machine could always say that Macs can't run "industry standard" software and you could risk buying a $2000 lemon.

Bootcamp provides a get out of jail card for those concerned about not being able to run Windows, Once people buy a Mac and find it can do what they need very few actually ever need to fire up Windows,

"It's not what you've got, it's how you use it" ... said the class hooker to the clueless bishop

No matter what device you may use/prefer, from the smallest vanity mobile handheld to the largest static strategic mainframe, are they just as so much dumb junk until connected to Global Information and IntelAIgents Grids. Only then do they become Alive, and can one Control and Power Driver the Future and Lead both Fate and Destiny in Networks InterNetworking JOINT Applications. And the one does so easily control the other, although I grant you, only whenever one knows what one is doing in those peculiar and particular, irregular and unconventional SMART Fields and Cyber Ranges.

I really wish...

I'm Microsoft....

... and I have cornered the market, for my lovurly people who do not have a clue and will believe anything I say.... I put in the ground work years ago, now many companies are just trapped into using MS controls... it not just the browser you know!

I'm laughing all the way to the bank, who cares about adverts, my mate does that... I'm just putting one in the eye for apple etc.... and all those royalties from them, their users need XP to run their games!!!

linux??? where do you see it in stores??? All the big stores love to be in my 'partnership' and get cheap kit!!!

HEY WHAT THE

hell is going on I go to follow a link that looks like it's going to a related story and it sends me to linked in?? WTF is that ?? or is the Reg going into sly advertising??? Also why should i have to give details just to read a story?? fark that

Why is MS afraid of Apple?

Ads, urgh!

MS ad's are always so "BLARGH! BUY MS! BUY MS OR PEOPLE WILL DIE!! DO IT! DO IT NOW!!! BUY MS OR YOU WILL NEVER SCORE AGAIN!! ARGHH! BUY! BUY! BUY MS!!! NOW!!!".

Apple ad's look like they just can't be arsed to make any real effort! Smug, coffee house, khaki-wearing dingbats banging on about the cult, all so smug about their "cool" factor! Just like those awful ambiguous and very annoying perfume ad's that only come on TV at Christmas!

Intention. A tricky thing.

Yes I'd rather be Keira Knightley than Neil Burgess aka Barry Scott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Burgess) but what you're saying - in the context of your reply to someone who doesn't like the adverts for PC or Macs - is that you'd rather be a computer.